LEGO Steam Train

I bought this for my two year old train lover. He absolutely loves it. It’s such a great toy because it encourages creativity and gives children hours of play. He loves connecting it with his other Duplo train cars, putting people inside it, stacking blocks on it, etc. It’s also great for changing it up as dinner time. You can put food in the train and have it drive around. My son loved it.Aside from all this good stuff, it’s also fantastic quality. Really solid and can withstand a toddler.

My 2 year old got this set (with two add-on’s) for his birthday and he enjoys it thoroughly. Even more so when we build and play with him. We have enjoyed this set as much as he has and intend on buying more duplo town add-ons! Very intelligent train set with a neat app that lets you control the train. Love the push power feature. Lego in general is expensive but I do think this is a good value for money set! You get hours of fun (and some time to sit and enjoy your coffee while your toddler plays). Eats up batteries like most kid toys do so consider getting rechargeables!

My 4 year old grandson loves playing with the Duplo train set, fire station, zoo, farm and police station that we bought for his daddy and uncle in the early 1990s but.. we need more track came the age-old cry!! So we bought this set to try; the new grey track connects with the old black track with no problems, while the new and old trains run happily on both. My sons were delighted to see him playing with their old toys. I was pleased on receiving this set to see that the LEGO quality and value for money is still as good as ever. First Christmas present sorted!!

Duplo have created a brilliant toy. The train is solid and robust and holds a driver, the carriage takes three passengers with a double hinged lid so there’s no frustration getting the roof back on after you’ve loaded your passengers. The powered base of the train can be removed and the body of the engine can sit on the carriage base if they want to power the train themselves and my son often does push it along. This means he has no carriage but that’s not a problem as this can be linked up to the Duplo number train which conveniently fits on the tracks.Down sides, the small green on and off button got jammed in on Christmas morning. He was so excited turning the train on and off as it makes a little beep so you know it’s powered up, that he pressed harder and harder until it took five minutes with tweezers to prise it back out so gentle fingers on the button. The other negative is that the track is very small. Clearly all the cost (and it’s not a cheap toy) is spent on the train. There is enough to make an average sized oval but that’s that so the novelty can wear off if your games aren’t inventive.We have added the bridges and points packs to it tripling the cost but at least giving a reasonable size set with some good track options.

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Duplo is expensive at the best of times. But i have to say that this train set has stood the test of time with a toddler who likes to run it off the end of the dining table and it still continues to work. I would recommend using rechargeable batteries as otherwise you will be chomping through other batteries at quite a rate.There are enough pieces to basically only make an oval track but with an expansion set you could make more fun tracks. The app works great too connecting to the train using bluetooth allowing you to change light colour, use the horn, go forward and backward at different speeds. Its a very kid friendly app, my 2 year old has mastered it.

This is a nice little set, the train is great fun for kids. My only gripe is that it is quite pricey and it would have been nice to get more track with it for the money.

I write this review based on decades of experiences raising a family and as a consumer.I bought this with my two year old granddaughter in mind.She is a very bright child and was putting the track together more or less straight out of the box.The only criticism I have is that there is a severe shortage of track.Not got a bigger room, use less track but if there is space, the supplied track is simply too small.The intelligent instruction bars are good although some of them are the next best thing to pointless.The train needs batteries, none are supplied which is a shame but at least they are a common thus easily obtained size.Using hand pressure is stfficient to push start the train.Assembly of the train, track and accessories was very easy and the child did so having been shown just the once.I got extra track elsewhereOverall, quite expensive with too little track but it will give a lot of pleasant play time for kids to about five years old